Jets trade DL John Franklin-Myers to Broncos for a 2026 sixth-round draft pick

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. | The New York Jets traded defensive lineman John Franklin-Myers to the Denver Broncos on Saturday for a sixth-round pick in the 2026 NFL draft. Franklin-Myers, whose base salary this season was $13.3 million, was due to count about $16.4 million on the Jets' salary cap. Instead, New York cleared $7.3 million in cap space by dealing him to Denver in the middle of the final day of this year's draft. “It's an unfortunate part of the business not being able to keep him,” general manager Joe Douglas said.